Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-10-22
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

oiHcS 1A-SenaICf FAIR took lOlas OF
the Nevada bank at San Francisco, it has
regained its strength lost by Vice President
Branoer,s participation in the Dresbach &
Nosenfeid wheat deal. Its deposits have In
creased 81 600, 90. and it has made q profit
OF S7a,0, under Fairs short management
immense quantities of wheat which wore
iaccumulafed Tin consequence fof the Dres-
each deal, and which are still being held
Tor 9 better market, are likely to be . total
and much has aiready been rendered worth
less. The owners are making strong efforts
TO negotiate for its TRANSFORMATION to the
United Kingdom. but have not as yet been
able to secure sufficient tonnage at living
/, rates 1t is estimated that there are still
oUO,O tons OF wheat available for export in
California.
ut Memphis, Tenn, during the dis
play of fireworks in honor of the President
and his wife fonr printers hired negro
poatman to pull them out into the river.
Where they could get good view of the
display. When the skif raac Q midstream
It ran into some obstruction and was cap
sized, throwing all FIVE men out to the
water. Kid De Javenete, OF Chicago, D.
a. Beaver and the negro boatman were
drowned. The other two printers, John
Josephs and Sam McGary, managed. to
| rescued.
The regular Chicago Sunday murder
was the shooting of Stephen W. Rawson, e
banker. aged 81, as he came out of the 3r.l
| Presby church, at the close of the
| morning service, by his step-son VIM. Lee.
aged Is. The causes that led up to the
shooting are alleged to be the treatment OF
divorce proceedings had sought to s;nirch
Mrs. Rawson's character, who had been
cruelty pursued by detectives and lawyers
emple yed by the husband. Rawson was
dec ared fatally wounded.
While at Nashville, Tenn, POST
master General Villas was called on by some
forty members Of the Phi Delta Theta
fraternity of Vanderbilt University, and
In the course of the visit Gen. Villas was
presented with a hickory cane cut from the
Hermitage. On the gold head Of the cane
was engraved: presented to William f.
Vias by the Tennessee Alpaa of Phi Delta
Mr.. Villas with evident motion returned
his thanks for the unlocked for token Of
regard.
At Valparaiso. Ind, Judge E. e..
Field, of the circuit court has issued a
summons to the grand jury to COW ne and
charges them with a thorough investiga-
C1s L
Charge is thorough. and the public hope to
see this matter shifted to the bottom. e.
u. Crumpacker. the prosecuting attorney,
states tat 10 pains will be spared to bring
the guilty parties to justice, and in this de-
termination he is backed up by the entire
community.
a dynamite explosion took place in
the Calloa custom house Peru, S. a. An
inspector was examining boxes containing
metallic fuses and cartridges used for firing
dynamite in mines. By some carelessnass
cartridge was roughly struck and ire
mendous explosion resulted. Twelve of
the persons present We're blown into frag-
ments three Others died shortly atterwari
end ~ othert are expected to die, as frag-
menis of cartridges, caps and wood had
been blown into their flesh.
Just before the long bridge near
Morenci, Mich, on the Wabash line was
reached by an east bound passenger train.
the engineer made the discovery that the
structure was on fro, and succeeded in
stopping the train. A number OF road N en-
who were on the train extinguished the
flames and repaired the bridge and after
delay Of two hours the train proceeded. It
is believed that a deliberate attempt was
made to wreck the train.
a monster saw mill engine boiler
exploded at Centerville, West Virginia
tearing everything loose in the neighbor-
hood, killing three men and wrecked the
engine and mill completely. A man named
Eralne was torn to pieces, having been
caught between the end of-the boiler and a
large log. man named Kent Evans was
also manned Some time after these two
were found a man named Tompkins was
taken out from behind pile Of lumber and
soon died Of his wounds.
A bill has been presented in the
Mexican congress by which the privileges
of the clergy Of all denominations are still
further restricted. 1t chiefly regards the
holding OF property for religious purposes
Il church is not used for public worship It
may be ccnfscated on the declaration of q
private party to that effect and sold ct
auction, part Of the proceeds falling to the
state and the rest to the denouncer.
Mr. and Mrs. ThurloW Weed Barnes
are on their way to California. Mrs
Barnes is the Isabella Frances Morris who
was married in Boston last week to Mr..
Barnes, the latter being q grandson of
Thurlow Weed. One of the wedding pres
ents was q check for 100000 and 8 hand-.
somely furnished house by the BRIDES
father.
A printing house and book bindery
burned at Winnipeg, Man, they being the
occupants of 3story frame building.
a second fire originated from sparks from
the first, burning out a grocery house. The
total loss was SCI, %. ., insurance about one
half. The fire originated from hot ashes at
the printing house.
Ar New Orleans, La, representa-
tives of prominenS local aud foreign ins,lr-
oyon Ice Il Il
further risks Oh corner groceries. Tho
action is taken OF account of the number
of fires that have occurred in such places
sixty-five since the first day OF January
last -
At Cincinnati, Ohio, Il Japan oven
at the standar Carriage company, ex-
ploded, fatally burning Fred Click The ex-
ploslon was caused by an accumulation of
gas in the oven. The windows OF the room
We're blown out and the ground in the
vicinity trembled as though from an earth
quake.
The schooner Manzanella sunk in
Lake Erie off Brooton, N. Y. Capt. Ryan
who was left on board alone by his crew
cIang to pieces of the wreckage the vessel
sunk, and was picked up two hours later
by some fisherman, who went to his rescue
in the face of almost certain death
Fire broke out in the saw-nill and
lumber yard of G. G. Crane 6 Co., at Gin
cinnati and before it was controlled burned
over five acres destroying % tenements and
dwellings,, beside the saw mill and much
lumber Loss sl5o,o0O, insurance less than
one third.
The British ship Monarch, Capt.
Corbett, from Manila Aug. 80 for New
York, has been lost on Mindor Island. The
captain and three of the crew, named
Drews, Bedford and Crupp, we 6 drowned.